Australian Child has house raided by Feds for linking to file sharing site

Malik describes the case of a Sydney teenager being charged with “Aiding and abetting a criminal activity” for linking to files on a music sharing site. There is no evidence that the child profited from the linking, he was 13 at the time of the alleged offense, and any fool would have to presume that sending 8 AFP officers to raid his home is, well, staggering overkill.

Anyhoo, read the article. One has to wonder where all this is leading.

And once you’re done, go read more about the big picture of file sharing and the decline of record industry profits.